The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-12
YACHTING PARTY LOST.
vr7rIY 25 PEOPLE DROWNED OFF
BARREN ISLAND.

A Puff of Wind and the Crowded Con-
dition of the Boat the Cause of the
nisaster-The Names of all Those
Drowned Not Known to the Sur
vivors.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE disaster to the
yacht Mystery, upset off Barren Island last
evening, proves to be as serious as at first
reported.
The number of lives lost will not be less
than twenty-five, and is likely to reach
twenty seven.
The party was mainly from the eastern
district of Brooklyn, and was known as the
crescent Yacht Club. 1t was a nominal
orpanization, simply for the purpose of a
chowder party on picnic, and in the depth
of grief and horror that the accident has
nlnnged its members they are scarcely able
N tell the particulars of the make up of
their own party.
The number of invited guests, known only
IN the persons who extended the invitation,
and not to others, makes it impossible even
vet to give list of the passengers of the ILL
fated yacht
The best advices estimate the whole load
at thirty-seven, and the number of those
saved is only ten.
SOME OF THE LOST.
Following is list of the lost up to the
latest reports:
Michael Schwind, a blind ACCORDION
player; residence unknown.
Mrs Brandall.
Mrs Louise O'Bernior, of las Varet street.
BROOKLYN E. D. Her husband, John, was
in one of the other boats.
frankie O'Bernior, years old.
Lizzie O'Bernior, years old.
Charlie O'Bernior, 2 years old.
Mrs Weiss, of Bushwick.
Mrs Fargo, the daughter of Mrs Weiss.
A child of Mrs. Fargo.
Annie Bader, II years old, of II Morrell
Street, Brooklyn, E. D.
Phillip Lomburg.
Freddy LOmburg.
A little girl of the same family.
George Kring, 8 years old. of Canarsie
Nicholas Scheidt of DeKalb Avenue, near
Bushwick Avenue.
Capt. David Hendrickson of Canarsie
Henry Hendrickson, 8 years old, son of
Capt Hendrickson
Two young men whose names are I'M
known to the survivors, supposed to be
James Burgess and Mark Stark.
OTHERS MISSING.
There are others missing and undoubtedly
drowned but as some of the people of the
Chowder party returned to Williamsburg
last night their names could not be ascer-
tanned at Canarsie.
The survivors and others of the club who
were on other boats still cling to hope, and
speak of the absent as missing, but the
Canarsie bOatmen have no doubt that all are
lost There is no room for the belief that
any reScues were made beyond those accom-
plished by the heroic work of a colored
sailor named Robinson. They were the
women and children brought ashore by the
tug Edith Dean.
HOW IT OCCURRED.
Capt. Rhodes description of the accident
and the circumstances Of the rescues are
told alike by the crew and passengers of the
Dean and those of the sloop Chustia, which
was sailing almost in company with the
Mystery. The Mystery was rounding the
point of the bar into Yankee channel and
was well off, so as to have depth of fnlly
forty feet of water under her keel. The
Suppositon that she may have taken ground
with her centre-board is thus disposed
OF. The captain of the Dean is
very positive on this point, although the
prevalent belief on shore on Sunday night
gave this as the cause of the mishap. The
accident was, therefore, the result entirely
Oh puff of wind that struck the full-sailed
yacht at this critical point. She had just
come about and did not have enough head
way TO come up of herself, and the crowded
c4hditlon Of her decks prevented the loosing
vi llh sheets or the lowering of her head sail
III Time to avert the disaster.